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Challenging Behaviour in the Classroom:
This webinar will introduce practical strategies which can be easily implemented by SNAs and teachers in the classroom to support students who display challenging behaviour. Challenging behaviour can disrupt learning for the whole classroom and can create a tense, stressful environment. The way we respond to challenging behaviour will also impact other students in the class and so we must be mindful of the role we play in maintaining our own regulation while addressing the behaviour.
We will discuss ways in which we can:
- Decrease the demand for the child
- Adapt our communication style to support the child’s understanding
- Use emotion coaching to label and validate feelings
- Set and maintain clear boundaries
- How and when to have reflective conversations
- Identify triggers and de-escalate behaviours
- Implement movement, sensory and play breaks throughout the school day
SNAs should come away from this webinar with a variety of strategies to trial in the classroom.
Bio of Presenter: Martha Ní Fhlatharta
Martha is an Irish school-based Occupational Therapist, working specifically in a specialist school in the UK for children with Developmental Language Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Coordination Disorder and accompanying sensory processing, motor skill, visual perceptual and executive functioning needs. Her role mainly focuses on increasing independence in activities of daily living, using sensory strategies, adaptive equipment and assistive technology to support student participation within the classroom, home environment and within the community.
SNA Webinar - Movement breaks, Brain Breaks & Sensory Breaks to support regulation.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with registrants only. It is a view only recording so you will not be able to share this recording.
Please note that once you register there is strictly no refunds.
This webinar will outline why movement breaks and brain breaks need to be an integral part of the school day. Research tells us that the average learner, regardless of age needs to briefly move their bodies every 20-30 minutes, and many learn the most effectively with movement breaks every 15 minutes. This enables learners to maintain focus, integrate learning across both of the brain’s hemispheres, enter information into memory, and avoid feeling overwhelmed or information overload. These short breaks can provide efficiency in learning, stress relief, mood enhancement, boost relationships and class cohesion. This webinar is packed with ideas for movement breaks, brain breaks and sensory breaks to add to your day.
Bio of Presenter
